Fashion roundup for 2.22-2.28

Last week, Fashion Fight Night 4 hit the Twin Cities, Calpurnia Peach showed their Spring 2010 collection, New Land of Milk and Honey astounded and enthralled, and Christopher Straub appears at the Home & Garden Show.

Recaps and photos

[Fashion Fight Night 4; Photo by Marshall Franklin Long]

METRO Magazine's Fashion Fight Night 4: 2.27.10 at Uppercut Boxing Gym

• Fashion Fight Night event photos by Katie Workinger, LEAD Project
• City Pages has Behind the scenes and event photos.
• Photo sets from photographers Nino Altobelli, Marshall Franklin Long, Sara Rubenstein are up. I'll review the shots and styling later this week.
  
  

[Calpurnia Peach spring 2010; Photos by Lauren Gantner]

Calpurnia Peach Spring 2010 Show: 2.21.10 at Architectural Antiques building

• Calpurnia Peach images by Lauren Gantner.
• My review of the show for Vita.mn.
• More reviews from Natalie Gallagher for l'etoile magazine, and METRO Magazine's Mary O'Regan.

[Photo by Angie Hanson]

New Land of Milk and Honey: 2.20.10 at Soap Factory

• Vita.mn recaps the show, featuring knitwear by Annie Larson.

More:

• Anthem Heart screen-prints tees live at the monthly Worn to be Wild party [Via City Pages]
• Video from Funk 'N Fashion Show at Lost & Found Vintage:

Local fashion links

[Serena Williams in Coco & Breezy sunglasses]

• Tila Tequila, Kelly Rowland, Serena Williams, and Ciara were all spotted wearing Coco & Breezy sunglasses. Nicki Minaj also wears the shades in the February/March issue of Fader Magazine.
• Minnesota Monthly spotlights local boutique BlackBlue in its March issue.
  

[Eve Rydberg in Reddoll]

• Check out former local model Eve Rydberg in the spring 2010 campaign for Chicago-based designer Reddoll by Tatyana Merenyuk
• Twin Cities Live visits Aveda's corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Blaine and found that it took one man’s experiences in Japan, France, and Minnesota to make one of their products happen.
• Iconic supermodel and Minnesotan Cheryl Tiegs visits Twin Cities Live last week and judges some local models.
• Minnesota Bride has an article on JoyNoelle's gorgeous bridal headpieces.
  

-I'm simply in love with Carrier Pigeon's brand-new matchstick earrings on etsy.
-Faatemah Ampey gives her predictions on the remainder of the current season of "Shear Genius."
-City Pages' latest edition of Freestyle Fashion includes Cliche's Avoid the Grey fashion show, the Hot Pants dance party, and the (In)sight U of M senior fashion show.
-Cute lil' writeup on l'etoile magazine editor-in-chief and Secrets of the City arts editor Kate Iverson in Star Tribune's How I Got That Job feature.
-Pioneer Press has an article on Christopher Straub creating dresses out of Home Depot items for the Home & Garden Show at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Friday.
-The Project Runway game for Wii will hit stores this Tuesday, March 2 and features local contestants Ra'mon-Lawrence Coleman and Christopher Straub, as well as others from season 6.
-Project Runway season six is now available on DVD. [Via Amazon.com]

Social media updates & uploads

Check out Christopher Straub's dress made from Cambria countertop tiles for the Home & Garden Show last weekend.

Christopher Straub makes a big announcement: He'll be showing his first full men's and women's clothing collections will be shown April 25 at St. Paul Hotel during MNfashion Week.

Christopher Straub gives a sneak peak of handbags from his spring 2010 line - a few of which should be popping up in Voltage alongside lines by Emma Berg and PFT Couture.

How local designer Joynoelle would dress the female US athletes for the Olympics closing ceremony.

Ashley Lebedev announced via facebook her work will appear in a national mag featuring America's Next Top Model contestant Raina Hein.

Local hairstylist Adam Livermore styles backstage at Giorgio Armani at Milan Fashion Week.

[Dress by Kerry Riley; Image by Robb Long]

-Local designer Kerry Riley designs a dress for the movie poster for a film called "Samurai Girl."


Voltage 2010 designer Raul Osorio updates us on the status of his Voltage collection - and fellow Voltage designer Kevin Kramp offers his feedback.


Local designed looks featured in the show include JoyNoelle (shot by Alli Jagoda), and Niki English, Rachel DeLange and Jenny Carle (shot by Robb Long). I especially love the red dress by Jenny Carle, as worn by model Tearra.

LOL/OMG! has a smattering of Tweets from Fashion Fight Night 4 in their Weekend Twitterings.


Vision Models posted this shot, courtesy of models.com, of Vision model Blake Kuchta (right) backstage at Perry Ellis during New York Fashion Week last month.

Local fashion roundup for 1.17-1.31

Last week the Twin Cities saw a handful of fashion shows. Here's all the reviews, videos, and photos I could dig up:

[A look by PFT Couture at the Voltage Preview; Image by Stacy Schwartz]

Voltage Preview, 1.26.10 at Vision Models studio:

• Check out images from the Voltage Preview by Stacy Schwartz and Vision Models.
• Allison Kaplan covers the Voltage Preview for Pioneer Press and blogs about it HERE and HERE. (She calls a Voltage 2010 look by Kevin Kramp a "high fashion Snuggie." LOL!)
• Cake in 15's Carl Atiya Swanson reviews the show.
  
• Alexandra and the City reviews the Preview and posts images.
• Voltage 2010 designer George Moskal gives how-to demos on designing three pieces from his upcoming Voltage collection, as previewed last week.
• Visit www.voltagefashionamplified.com for more info on Voltage 2010.
• Head to 501 Club this Sunday, February 7 for the first edition of Vintage Voltage. In the weeks leading up to show, the Voltage folks have put together a series of all-star fests to take you back, and give you a taste of what’s to come. This month, it’s power-pop band The Melismatics (Voltage 2004), R&B soul groovers Black Blondie (Voltage 2007), and psychedelic super-family First Communion Afterparty (Voltage 2009). Staffers of local online magazine l’etoile will provide a stylish soundtrack in between bands (8 p.m., free, 21+).
• Voltage's facebook page has uploaded tons of images from past shows. Check out shots from Voltage 2005, Voltage 2007, Voltage 2008, and Voltage 2009.
  

[A look by Amanda Christine from Avoid the Grey; Image by Stacy Schwartz]

Cliché's "Avoid the Grey" fashion show, 1.28.10 at Old Arizona:

• Check out photo galleries from photographers Stacy Schwartz, The Minneapoline, and Rod Hasse.
• Mary O'Regan Tweets pix from the Avoid the Grey Cliche fashion show [via LOL-OMG]. View all the images on Mary's image gallery.

[A Spring 2010 look by Kathryn V]

• Cliché designer Kathryn Sterner posts images of her spring line Kathryn V, which had its debut at Avoid the Grey last week. Loving the plaid Louis Vuitton-esque hair bows.
• Designer Amanda Christine has backstage images on her blog.
  
• Midwest fashion site The Midwasteland reviews the show.
  

[Elizabeth Chesney with one of her looks at Commingle. Photo by Tony Nelson for City Pages]

Commingle fashion show, 1.27.10 at Fine Line Music Café:

• Preview video featuring some of the fashions from the show.
• Tony Nelson shoots Commingle for City Pages.
• More photos by Kevin Ophoven.

Look for my full reviews on all three shows in Vita.mn and l'etoile magazine later this week.

In other local fashion news...

[Ryan Patrick Norton photographed by Emily Utne for City Pages]

Photographer Emily Utne and fashion writer Stacey Tuthill say this is their last run of the Freestyle Fashion feature on citypages.com. Apparently it was an amicable split, but they're inexplicably being replaced by a fashion stylist, Hollie Mae from HMStyling. Those two have always had a great eye for detail and presentation - it's too bad CP couldn't hold onto them.

Fashion designer Laura Fulk visits the Walker Art Center's Skyline Room as a potential location for her MNfashion Week solo spring fashion show.

Midwest style blog The Midwasteland has a hilarious beauty guide in honor of Conan O'Brien. Read "Beauty Mark: We're With Coco". [The Midwasteland]

The creative crew behind upcoming fashion-meets-art-meets-performance event New Land of Milk and Honey is posting updates on their respective blogs. Annie Larson has posted pictures of her knit "winteralls" and other various knits, as well as a crazy-looking woven nylon windbreaker. [Swank Dollar]

l'etoile staff writer Juleana Enright's launches a new nightlife blog on Twin City Scene.

Here's Kara Nesvig's take on stylish Twin Citians' takes on top models for her Fashionista column The Minnesota Daily. My fashionita pal Marina Maric is used as a source.

Ex-pat designer Ra'mon-Lawrence Coleman announces a new spring collection and upcoming fashion show in Chicago.

Metro Mag's Self-Styled feature showcases the personal style of St. Thomas instructor and opera aficionado Marcia Aubineau. I can only hope to be that fabulous at when I'm her age.

[Ellen Dahl photographed by Stephanie Colgan for Mpls.St.Paul Magazine]

The Minneapoline and Vita.mn style shooter Ellen Dahl's interview with Mpls.St.Paul Magazine is now online.

[Rosci in Coco & Breezy; image courtesy BET]

As Coco and Breezy are busy preparing for the New York Fashion Week show, their sunglasses and accessories are getting exposure all over the place. Here's a new interview with the twins at GlobalGrind.com; here's their report about meeting with Essence Magazine; and here is Rosci, host of BET's "106 & Park," wearing their Spike bracelet.

The University of Minnesota's College of Design site has a video preview of this Saturday's senior fashion show. Look to this week's issue of Vita.mn (out Thursday) for my preview of the show.